Progress: 1/24 Ferrari F430 Challenge

[tong]

Hi Robi,

I am new guy in this forums, very like ur modified challenge
btw where can find more challenge photo

Thank you

Tong

[Robi J]

Hi Tong and welcome to AF. I hope these links could be helpful:

http://www.joe250.com/images/ferrari...ichallenge.htm

http://www.fotorissima.net/francais/photos.php?idx=63

http://www.redinfocus.com/html/english/index.html see under News from 19th July 2006

http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/vehi...tID=0&eventID=

http://www.infocoches.com/fotos/ferr...430_Challenge/

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=F430+challenge&m=text

Bye: Robi

[Enzoenvy1]

Robi, I cannot lie, I am lost here with my 430 and about to scrap what I have done and just build it OOB with Photo Etch.

I feel bad because I don't know enough about adding a 360 engine or modding it to look right. I think I need to just dumb mine down and settle for oob w/PE.

I will still eagerly await yours though. opcorn:

[Robi J]

Jon, installing the 360 engine in the F430 is not an easy task. It is impossible to describe the process without photos, anyway the point is to maintain the intake plenum of the F430 and install the rest, what is laying under, from the 360. It is not easy because several test have to be made to reach the right height, the 360 block, infact, has to be reduced in its height starting from the bottom and the gearbox must be adapted to the undercarriage of the F430. And all this assembly have to be cross-checked with the cockpit. Alex spent many hours studying how to fix this problem and, concerning me, I’ll use a little different approach and, yet now, I did not have the time to care about it, sorry.

Anyway, if cleanly built, even OOB the Challenge's engine bay looks very fine !

Merry Christmas: Roberto

[Robi J]

Hi to all. Very tiny update: bodywork has been wet sanded with #2000 grit and drilled holes for the side mirrors.
Using each mirror as reference I visually traced the axis of the holes to be drilled on the pillars



Then I marked the relevant recess with a steel drift and drilled a hole dia. .15 mm / .006 inch


and checked the mirrors positioning


Bodywork and its accessories are now ready for the first coat of TS-26 Gloss White.

Merry Christmas and Byeeeee: Robi

[andrew landon]

this makes me want to quit modeling for good!the only reason I havn't quit is the fact that i might be getting a couple models for christmas and i need to finish my '32 ford roadster. very nice 430.

[D_LaMz]

clean!

[Robi J]

Hi Guys, my progress stops here, for the moment. Personal issues will take me away even if I'll try to follow your projects. I'd like to thank all of you for the attention and support you gave me over these months.

My best wishes for all: Roberto

[klutz_100]

Best wishes to you Robi - see you soon I hope!

[ariel]

Originally Posted by Robi J

Hi Guys, my progress stops here, for the moment. Personal issues will take me away even if I'll try to follow your projects. I'd like to thank all of you for the attention and support you gave me over these months.

My best wishes for all: Roberto

Now what is going to keep me busy at work?opcorn:

[auw12]

good luck robi~~thank you very much for bringing us this wonderful and educational progress,hope everything goes well

[mikemechanic]

Originally Posted by Robi J

Hi Guys, my progress stops here, for the moment. Personal issues will take me away even if I'll try to follow your projects. I'd like to thank all of you for the attention and support you gave me over these months.

My best wishes for all: Roberto

Take care of yourself first Robi, we'll still be here as will the models.

Mike.

[ScanmanDan]

First let me thank you for the extraordinary look at how you are building this Ferrari 430. Your posts have been massively inspirational to me and spurred me to get back into building cars again. It's most refreshing to see someone not let problems with building a kit stop them from continuing on. You seem to have the ability to convey the fun of building scale models throughout your post. I hope that the future will brighten for you and allow you the time and energy to continue this super looking Ferrari.

Thanks again.

Dan

[CeeElle]

i dunno how i missed this one. thank you for a most educational and entertaining WIP. i'm learning a lot.

[Robi J]

Okay, back for a while.
Let’s resume what happened with the painting. At the beginning of December I sprayed the first coat of Tamiya White Primer, followed after two days by the second coat. I left the body naturally dry for twenty days and then wet sanded with #2000 grit


I washed the body, carefully cleaned all the panel lines with a toothbrush and the next day I sprayed on the first coat of Tamiya Pure White TS-26 and a second coat after 24 hours both straight from theb can.


Mounted on the paint stand, I left the body on a radiator (set to minimum) for a week. Everything was okay.
I sanded all the body with #2000 grit, carefully traced and cleaned all the panel lines. Then I sprayed the third coat decanted in an airbrush and after a few hours, reactions started appearing, especially on the roof and the hood. I faced etching problems with the sanded down Ferrari emblem on the hood and some sanding scratches (totally eliminated before the painting process) on the roof, not visible in the photo


I set apart the body for ten days and starting the necessary polishing process. I had to sand with #4000 grit roof and hood, then I rubbed the surfaces with a scratch-remover followed by Amway Glaze and a final touch with Tamiya Wax. For the rest of the body I had minor reactions so Amway Glaze did a perfect job


And this is the result


I’d like to know if someone of you had similar experience, I mean unexpected reactions among the same color brand and etching troubles. I was thinking about the poor plastic quality of the latest Fujimis, but my friend Alex faced similar troubles on his Tamiya Ligier JS11 (original kit) with Tamiya TS non-metallic paints.
Please share your thinking !

Latest but not least, I’d like to thanks all of you for the kind messages, both on the board and private, greatly appreciated.

Have a nice weekend: Robi